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peritheciis globosis, atris, verrucosis, 160-180 /x diam., appendiculis 6-12 
sparsis, simplicis, 70-90 /x long., basi sub-bulbosis, ca. 6 fx crassis, ad apicem 
obtusum pellucidum attenuatis, rectis v. infra apicem abrupte curvatis ; 
ascis 2-3 sporis, ovatis, breviter pedicellatis, mox evanescentibus ; sporidiis 
atro-brunneis, 4-septatis constrictis, utrinque rotundatis, 39-47 X 10'5- 
17- 5^. 
Hab. in foliis Bosciae Caffrae, Winkle Spruit, Natal, 6/7/12, leg. E. M. 
Doidge (2510). 
Meliola microspora Pat. et Gaill. 
Yar. africana Doidge, var. nov. 
Hyphopodiis capitatis 20-21'5 x 7*8 /x, cellula superiore ovata 14-16 /x 
long. ; sporidiis 26-32-5 x 10-5-14 yu. 
A typo differt hyphopodiis capitatis majoribus et sporidiis crassioribus. 
Meliola Toddaliae Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas atras velutinas 2-3 mm. diam. efficiens ; hyphis 
fuscis, ramosis, 7-10 /x crassis, cellulis 18-25 /x longis, ramis plerumque 
oppositis, anastomosantibus, hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, oppositis, 
18- 20 /X long., stipitatis, cellula superiore sub-ovata et leniter curvata, saepe 
compressa, 14-16 x 8-11 /x ; hyphopodiis mucronatis non numerosis, ampul- 
laceis, 18-20 x 8-10 /x ; setis mycelicis numerosis, simplicibus, rectis, demum 
opacis, plus minusve torulosis, 300-350 x 8-10 /x ; peritheciis sparsis, in setis 
mycelicis absconditis, atris, globulosis, verrucosis, 200-250 /x diam. ; ascis 
3-4 sporis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, leniter constrictis, cylindricis, utrinque 
rotundatis, compressis, 47-55 x 18-21 x 14^. 
Hab. in foliis Toddaliae lanceolatae, Kentani, 16/12/14, leg. A. Pegler, 
(8788). 
Meliola sinuosa Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plerumque hypophylla, maculas atras, velutinas, 1-5 mm. 
diam. efficiens ; hyphis sinuosis, 5-11 /x crassis, interdum ad septa constrictis, 
cellulis 18-44 /x longis, ramis oppositis v. unilateralibus, saepe anastomo- 
santibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis v. unilateralibus, 18-25 x 12-15 /x 
stipitatis, cellula superiore 14-15 /x long, forma varia, subcylindrica, curvata 
V. sub-lobata, apice truncata v. convexa ; hyphopodiis mucronatis raris, 
14-15 X 10-16 jx ; setis mycelicis numerosis, sparsis, erectis, simplicibus, 
250-350 X 8-10 /x, opacis ; peritheciis sparcis, atris, globulosis, 160-220 /x 
diam. ; ascis ellipticis-ovatis, breviter pedicellatis, bisporis, sporidiis 4- 
septatis, cellula media majore, cylindricis, utrinque rotundatis, ad septa 
leniter constrictis, 50-55 x 15-18 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Trichiliae emeticae, Lemana, Spelonken, Zoutpansberg 
Dist., 14/8/11, leg. E. M. Doidge (1783). 
